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Discotek Media busted out some more announcements via Facebook, topped off with the license of the School Days anime series and its Magical Heart Kokoro-chan OVA. The 12-episode series and spin-off is coming on June 24 in Japanese with English sub...

It's no secret that I found the anime adaptation of Pupa to be a huge disappointment. All you have to do is listen to our weekly podcast to know that much. However from what I hear the original manga is actually quite good which is why I'm not wil...

Kinoshita plans to continue acting after her child is born Actress Ayumi Kinoshita announced she and her husband are expecting their first child in June. The 31-year-old actress stated, "Both my husband and I, as well as our respective parents, lo...

On February 24th during the Dai Sokaku Matsuri, a big shuffle for the AKB48 Group had been announced, including many surprising transfers and concurrencies. All members had time until February 26th to appeal against their changes and some have mad...

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I was always bad with the electric saw in arts and craft classes making each and everyone of them a huge struggle for no real reason… the way something so thin could cut through wood so easily was alway...

The official site for the highly-anticipated full CG film Saint Seiya: LEGEND of SANCTUARY today announced the voice cast for the five Bronze Saints (Seiya, Shiryu, Shun, Hyoga, Ikki). All of the cast are changed from the previous series, includin...

A magazine page confirms Nisekoi will be airing 20 episodes total, continuing until May – this means spicy, sweet tsundere kinpatsu for all throughout spring and until the midst of summer, all too wonderful.

The long awaited results for the Mikubook "Find Me" campaign are here, and the first selected city for the first ever Hatsune Miku Expo, by popular vote, is Jakarta, Indonesia! Congratulations! The event promises to bring famous creations, exhib...

S Square Enix announced the latest Mana game yesterday with a trailer for Rise of Mana. So what's the game about? I mean, aside from a tree. The newly released trailer begins with the following narration: It was a place called "heaven" The side of...

It is officially announced today that a TV anime adaptation of Takehaya's comedy light novel series Rokujyoma no Shinryakusha! ? (Invaders of the Rokujyoma! ? ) is scheduled to premiere in this summer.

Series will premiere on MBS' "Animeism" block in April King Records began streaming a 15-second TV spot of the anime adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia manga on Tuesday. TThe 12-episode series is slated to premiere on MBS ' "Animeism...

Nippon Ichi opened up a teaser site for a new title. Visit the site and your cursor turns into a fairy-like thing that reveals hidden letters on the opaque page. We scanned the page and saw these: t h i Q N L o #.

7-Eleven Japan is well known for some of their exclusive anime collaborations, including special Gundam kits and anime buns. Now they're setting their sights on the virtual world and setting up shop inside Sega's Phantasy Star Online 2.

New 'Eat-Man' Manga Coming, Original Getting Omnibus Release Posted by Chris Beveridge February 26, 2014 at 07:14 PM Eat-Man Some titles seem to manage revivals pretty well and another older series is about to try and do that with Eat-Man set to r...

The official youtube account of Namco Bandai Games has just released the newest PV for their upcoming mecha battle royale, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Maxi Boost and shows several of the mobile suits you will be playing in the game.

Section23 has laid out their plans for June anime release. The slate of the recent anime series includes the newly announced Maoyu, as well as HENNEKO, Amnesia, and more. Title: AMNESIA COMPLETE COLLECTION Published by: Sent...

And once again, back from the brink. . . Well, Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha (by vote on the series" website "InaKon" has been chosen as the official shorthand, if you're so inclined) seems to have broken the Star Trek curse, at least, and given us a r...

New School Kaidan recently had the pleasure of interviewing Japanese music producer SHiNTA. We asked him a variety of questions on a number of subjects including his musical influences and what it's like producing music for idol groups like Fukuok...

After years of boggling the minds of metalheads and J-pop fans around the world with their idiosyncratic music videos, BABYMETAL have finally released their first full-length album. Of course, we got our hands on a copy as soon as we could, and we...

One of the trickier aspects of adapting to life in Japan is getting the hang of the numerous seasonal customs. While your acquaintances aren't likely to get that bent out of shape if you miss a day or two, completely adhering to proper etiquette i...

Eleven Arts and Sentai Filmworks have announced plans to bring Short Peace, a new omnibus film from Akira's director, Katsuhiro Otomo to North American theaters. The anime anthology consists of four short films, including this year's Academy Award...

Oh Aoba you player. As soon as Dio is out of the picture you have a lady wrapped around your arm. Then when Dio calls you on the telephone, you pretend you're having some interference, hang up on him, then hide your mistress when the husband comes...

Love Live! School Idol Project has a trio of games on the way to PS Vita in Japan. The first of the Love Live! School Idol Paradise games, Printemps, was announced for a May release back in October. Now, according to Dengeki PlayStation magazine, ...

That was pretty random even by WCW standards. Tonari no Seki-kun – 08 Shogi makes a return this week on Tonari no Seki-kun, with the focus this time shifting to family drama. Not surprisingly a story of forbidden love is even more irresistible t...

Last Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014, official Gundam website, Gundam. info asked its female fans which pilot from Mobile Suit Gundam W do they want to confess to or give chocolates to on Valentine's Day.